TORONTO -- A dispute is brewing between a foreign-owned aquaculture company and local conservationists and tour operators off the coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia over plans to dump pesticides in the water.
But Clayoquot Sound is also a feeding spot for migratory grey whales. Conservationists such as Bonny Glambeck, who runs a group that tracks marine activity in Clayoquot Sound, worry that the pesticide will kill off food for whales, such as krill and other crustaceans. "I am very worried about these fish farms dumping in our Hahoolthee, our territory," John told CTV News.
Cermaq said in an emailed statement that the pesticide is diluted before being discharged, and naturally decomposes in ocean water, given that hydrogen peroxide is unstable.
MarkLaneNL NAIA_NL not sure how you'll ever sway public opinion of this industry when all you care to do is destroy the very ecosystems these net pens are operating in.